Inspecting and Auditing Staff

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Request detail:

Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act.

The data is likely to be found in returns to government using the electronic incident recording system. We understand they are recorded in the IRMP Fire Safety Returns (FS11) as full time equivalent (FTE) figures. The numbers of inspecting/auditing officers are recorded according to their managerial position (from brigade manager to firefighter) and non-uniformed staff are recorded separately.

Please provide us with following data in a tabular form (see below), for 31 March each year from 2006 to 2017 (inclusive) and by managerial level, the number of fire and rescue service officers in England who have been dedicated to inspecting and auditing buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.

a) Number of appointed fire safety inspectors (FTE) at 31 March of each year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Brigade manager

Area manager

Group manager

Station manager

Watch manager

Crew manager

Firefighter

Non-uniformed staff

Total

b) Other personnel carrying out fire safety enforcement inspections (FTE) at 31 March of each year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Brigade manager

Area manager

Group manager

Station manager

Watch manager

Crew manager

Firefighter

Non-uniformed staff

Total

Response detail:

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please refer below for the information as follows
a) Number of appointed fire safety inspectors (FTE) at 31 March of each year
Please find attached the number of fire and rescue service officers in the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service who have been dedicated to inspecting and auditing buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.
b) Other personnel carrying out fire safety enforcement inspections (FTE) at 31 March of each year
We do not hold the information on other personnel carrying out fire safety enforcement inspections. However flexi duty officers and WT operational Firefighters can do short inspections as part of their normal duties. For numbers of firefighters please refer to the Home Office website - Operational Statistics Bulletins: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics . Please note that these figures are only available from 2009/10.